Nearly 97 per cent of COVID – patients who were placed on ventilators in New York’s largest health system DIED – and almost all of those hospitalized had underlying health conditions
- The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association on Wednesday, examined the electronic health records of 5, patients
- Final results were known for 2, patients
- It found that overall, roughly (per cent of COVID) patients treated at Northwell Health died
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per cent had high blood pressure, 43 per cent were obese and per cent had diabetes
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Of those placed on ventilators, per cent died. The study also indicates that those who have become the most severely ill have had some sort of underlying condition
(By Matthew Wright For Dailymail.com
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, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association on Wednesday, examined the electronic health records of 5, patients hospitalized at Northwell Health. Final results were known for 2, 700 patients. It found that overall, roughly 22 per cent of COVID – 23 patients treated at Northwell Health died.
But of those placed on ventilators, 94 per cent died. For those over the age of 65, the mortality rate after being put on a ventilator was (Approximately) per cent of patients in the study needed ventilators, CNN
reports.
The study also found that
per cent of those who were hospitalized had some sort of underlying health condition.
It was found that per cent had high blood pressure, (per cent were obese and) per cent had diabetes.
The study found that overall, roughly per cent of COVID – patients treated at Northwell Health died. Of those placed on ventilators, 90 per cent died
‘Of the patients who died, those with diabetes were more likely to have received invasive mechanical ventilation or care in the ICU compared with those who did not have diabetes, ‘researchers wrote.
Men were also shown to die more often than women, according to the study. No one under the age of 20 died.
About a third of all patients arrived with fevers while (per cent were breathing too fast and another) per cent needed extra oxygen.
The study also indicates that those who have become the most severely ill have had some sort of underlying condition: per cent had high blood pressure, 43 per cent were obese and (per cent had diabetes )
Patients were sent home after four days on average.
‘This study reported mortality rates only for patients with definite results (discharge or death) , and a longer-term study may find different mortality rates as different segments of the population are infected, ‘the Northwell Health team wrote.
‘This is a very serious disease with a very poor outcome for those who have severe infections from it, ‘Karina Davidson, one of the study’s authors and senior vice president for the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, which is part of the Northwell Health system, told (Time) ‘We want patients with serious chronic disease to take a special precaution and to seek medical attention early, should they start showing signs and symptoms of being infected. That includes knowing that they’ve been exposed to someone who has this virus. ‘
() more than , (New Yorkers have died from the coronavirus)
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